Twine-cutter.



M. FORST'. TWINE CUTTER. APPLIOATION rmzn JULY 1,1911.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

. Application filed July 1, 1911. Serial 1T0. 838,406.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,Monrrz Fons'r, a citizen of Austria, residln at NewYork city, count and State ofl ew York, have invente a new and ImprovedTwine-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

, This invention relates to a twine cutter of novel construction whichis adapted to sever the twine, at a predetermined distance from thedelivery nozzle, so that the protruding end may be readily grasped. Thedeviceis provided with areciprocative knife blade, which is so connectedto the nozzle that upon the descent of the blade, the nozzle is swung atsuch a distance away from the blade as corresponds to the length of thefree twine end to remain expose In the accompanymg drawing: Figure 1 isa longitudinal section of a twine cutter embodying my invention; Fi 2 aplan; Fig. 3 an inner face view of t e blade and cooperating parts,showing the blade raised;

Fig. 4 an end view partly in section thereof,-

showing the blade lowered, and Fig. 5 a front elevation of amodification of the cutter.

A suitable casing 10-isprovided with a' spindle 11 upon which arerotatably mounted one or more twine spools 12. The drawing shows two ofsuch spools to be carried by the spindle, to deliver twine of differentstrength, but it is obvious that a single s 001, or more than two spoolsmay be emp oyed. As the cutting mechanism for both spools is alike, thedescription of such mechanism for one spool is equally a plicable to theother spool.

. casing 10, is fitted a face plate 13 apertured as at 1 1. Along theinner side of plate 13. and contacting therewith is free to verti callyreciprocate a slide or blade 15 having a lower cutting edge thatcooperates with v the lower edge of aperture 14 to constitute twinecutting means. .Slide 15 carries a knob or handle 16 and is'providedwith a longitudinal slot 17 that accommodates a guide pin 18, extendinginwardly from piste 13 above aperture 14. The lower active end of blade15 is upon the'descentof the blade, adapted to engaged by a pair of sring fingers 19 secured to plate 13 and ten m to hold the blade firmlyagainst the inner ace thereof. Below aperturel t, late 13 carries thebearings 20 for a pint e 21 upon which are free to oscillate the. twodiverging shanks of a substantially V-shaped zle.

Into the si e ofis rovided with a tubular nozzle or thread guide 23adapted to be projected outward through aperture 14 and accommodatin thepassing through shanks oflever 22 and engaging with its hook-shaped ends28 corresponding apertures of blade 15, operatively connects the partsinsuch a manner, that when the blade is depressed through finger piece 16,lever 22 with nozzle 23 1s swung inward and downward (Fig. 4), while uon a release of such pressure, spring 25 wil on swinging lever 22outward and upward also raise blade 15. After a package has been tied upby the string drawn out of nozzle 23, blade 15 is lowered to retract thenozzle during the first part of the blades downstroke, a distancecorresponding to the length of free twine end desired. Upon thecompletion of the downstroke, the string will thus be severed at thepredetermined distance from the nozzle, so that a readily graspabletwine end remains protruding from the noz- When the cutting operation iscompleted, pressure is taken ofi' blade 15, whereupon spring 25 willreturn all therparts to their normal position as indicated in Fig. 3. InFig. 5 casing 10is omitted and plate 13 shown to be mounted on legs 29.With this modification the ball of twine may be carried by. a suitablebracket secured. to the wall, ceiling, counter or other support.

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or doubled lever 22. At its apex this lever 1. A twine cutter comprisinga plate having an aperture throu h which the twine passes, areciprocable side contacting with said plate and havin a cutting edgethat cooperates with the e go of the aperture to constitutetwine-cutting means, a springinfluenced lever pivoted to the plateopposite the slide, means for connecting said lever with the slide, anda twine delivering nozzle carried by the lever and adapted to beprojected through the plate-aperture.

2. A twine cutter comprising a vertically disposed plate having anaperture through WhlCh the twine passes, a reciprocable slotted slidecontacting with said plate and having a cutting edge that cooperateswith the edge of the aperture to constitute tWlHE-Clltfor eonnecting thelever with the slide, and ting means, a guide in on the plate that atwine delivering nozzle carried by the 1 passes through the slide-slot,spring-fingers lever and adapted to be projected through secured to theplate and adapted to be enthe plate aperture.

- gaged by the slide during the last portion MORITZ FORST.

of its downstroke, thereby pressing the slide Witnesses: a ainst theplate, a spring-influenced lever JOE SCHWART pivoted to the plate belowthe slide, means FRANK v. BRIESEN.

